EARTH University- Sustainability and the Carribean Lowlands

By Ryan....

Now on the Carribean side of the central range we are in a much more humid climate, home to EARTH University's main campus near Guacimo.  Having been staying on the campus we are being introduced to a multitude of different projects and work that students, professors, researchers, and community members are involved in that all have to do with sustainability in the tropics.  Sustainability focused work we have seen inaction ranges from organically grown food products, like chocolate covered pineapple, to organic salsas, to agriculture in action in the community in the form of organic cooperatives which are focused on utilizing all their resources (ReduceReuseRecycleRepurposeRethink) to close the resource circle and eliminate waste while reducing their footprint on the Earth.
Lots of innovative projects being implemented on campus and in the community include the triple bottom line of true sustainability....economic, social, and environmental sustainability.


The following sre some more examples of these projects: Biodigesters which use animal waste to create methane gas for home appliances, organic/medicinal soaps made from native plants and reused vegetable oil waste, vermicomposting utilizing waste products from home and farm to create organic fertilizers,  repurposed soda bottles to create self-watering raised beds, just to name a few examples seen at one small farm on a local women's organic farming cooperative.